France is "determined" to recognise a Palestinian state, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, condemning Israel for the "indefensible" situation in Gaza created by its military campaign and humanitarian…

France is “determined” to recognise a Palestinian state, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, condemning Israel for the “indefensible” situation in Gaza created by its military campaign and humanitarian blockade.

  • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
    41·
    17 hours ago

    Crimes against humanity are crimes against humanity and the ICJ will just as happily convict rebels as it convicts dictators.

    And that, btw, is in the interest of the rebellion: It’s strategically stupid to build a rebellion on “we’re the exact same except we oppress a different group of people” as your rebellion will not lead to freedom, but yet more injustice. History is full of that: The inhumanity of the rebellion will not suddenly vanish once the oppressors are gone, it will turn inwards, and the rebellion will be the oppressors of those they claimed to free.

    tl;dr: Fascism bad even if it’s your fascism.

    • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      22·
      14 hours ago

      The difference is the ICJ only punishes rebels, its clear hypocrisy. These laws of war are laws against the weak. They do nothing to stop dictators or actural genocide while complaining when people fight back.

      • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        14 hours ago

        You mean, like, they’ve put out a warrant out on Netanyahu not because they want to sentence him but because they think it’s funny, and Milosevic et all didn’t get sentenced, either, it’s all just a prank? Well Milosevic himself died in detention before getting sentenced but same difference.

        Oh and side note the ICC is responsible for dealing with persons, the ICJ judges states.

        And even if the ICC would be biased AF: Fascism is still bad. Do I really have to explain that to a Blåhaj.

        • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          A group of people defending their lives against genocide and committing morally questionable acts is not fascism. The fact is real resistance isnt pretty, also yes I think they know that what they did was meaningless because no country is going to enforce that warrant (at least not ones Bibi would visit).

          • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            9 hours ago

            Plenty of resistances and revolutions who did not commit crimes against humanity. This is not a question of “war is ugly”, but “making war uglier than it needs to be for no tactical gain whatsoever”.

            And yes Hamas is fascist. They’re authoritarian Islamists with a hard-on for eternal war, not too dissimilar (besides holy book) from American Christofascists. Same shit also exists on the Israeli side. It’s why the conflict keeps on going in the first place.